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Friday, March 18, 2011

Next Soyuz Launch Re-Set for April 5

Russia space launch officials said Friday it had solved the problem that caused it to delay the launch of three cosmonauts and astronauts to the International Space Station and would proceed with the mission on Saturday, April 5, 2011.

The Soyuz launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is of huge importance to Russia as it comes ahead of the 50th anniversary of the first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 2011, reports RIA Novosti, Xinhua and AFP.

"The preliminary date for the launch is April 5, around 4 a.m. Moscow time and a reserve date is April 7," a source at the Baikonur Space Center said.

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